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To: LindyBill who wrote (90308)	12/12/2004 7:55:30 AM
From: LindyBill	Respond to of 793838

Black Conservative Group Praises Civil Rights Panel Picks By Molotov - Booker Rising blog Project 21 applauds President Bush's recent appointments to the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights — which replace liberal chair Mary Frances Berry and liberal vice chair Cruz Reynoso, whose terms expired last week. Gerald A. Reynolds (pictured), a former civil rights official with the Education Department and a conservative Republican, is the new chair. Ashley Taylor, a former Virginia deputy attorney general, will join the panel. "With the selection of Gerald Reynolds and Ashley Taylor, the once-venerable U.S. Commission on Civil Rights is finally able to begin a sorely needed restructuring and rebirth," said Donald E. Scoggins, a Project 21 member, in a statement. "By appointing these highly-qualified individuals, President Bush illustrates his genuine commitment to the protection of all citizens. In these assignments, there is also reason to anticipate that this organization will once again become apolitical and professional in scope," he added. The group said Ms. Berry "frequently ignored" input from commissioners with whom she didn't agree and even refused to seat Peter Kirsanow (a Bush appointee) until an appeals court ordered it. It also pointed to a Government Accountability Office investigation, which found the commission continually disobeyed budgetary guidelines. In his first action as chair, Mr. Reynolds says that the commission will get a financial audit.